Lantern support



B. W. NUTT LANTERN SUPPORT Apr. 17,

Filed May 2 INVENTOR. fia d/ 117 fi/l. 94y Mien?- I I; .l T TORNEYS Patented Apr. 17, 1923.

UNE'TEE STATES PATENT BUELL W. NUTT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT SERVICE COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

LANTERN SUPPORT.

Application filed May 2, 1921.

To all 'w/wm t may con cern Be it known that I, BonLL W. Now, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Uuyahoga, and

State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lantern Supports, of which the following is a specification, the principle'of the invention being herein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The present invention, relating, as indi' cated, to a lantern support, has more particular regard to the provision of a device suitable for use in supporting danger lights about excavations, street repairs, and in other like situations where it is necessary to indicate a danger zone. Ordinarily lanterns thus used are supported directly on the ground, or, at the best, are propped up with earth, bricks or stones. The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and convenient support or stand which will hold the lantern at a suitable distance above the surface on which the support rests, and will afford protection against accidental upsetting and damage to the lantern. A further object is to provide means for attaching a flag-staff so that the same support may be 30 used by day as wellas by night for a warning signal.

To this accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, the annexed drawing and the following description setting forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved lantern support, certain movable parts being shown in different operative positions; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device with a lantern, as well as a flag, sup ported therein; Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of details of the structure; Fig. 5 is a side elevation corresponding with that of Fig. 2, but showing a modification in construction; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the top of the device corresponding with that of Fig. 1, but showing another modification in construction.

Serial No. 466,270.

The main body of the deviceconsists of a frame of truncated conical form. This frame is preferably fashioned out of wire,

directly opposite said member 4 is a straight wire member 6, the upper end of which is formed with a recurved hook 7 that is adapted to engage with said loop 5 in the operative position of the parts, i. e., when a lantern is being supported within the device.

For the purpose of receiving the bail or handle of the lantern a hook 8 is pivotally hung in loop 5, such handle being preferably inserted in such hook before the hook 7 on the upper end of member 6 is engaged in the loop. Said member 6, it will be un derstood, is suiliciently resilient to allow the hook thereon to be thus swung into engagement with the loop, and in this position of the parts a rigid tripod is in effect provided by the two members 4 and 6.' The height of such tripod, added to the main frame, is

sufiicient to hold the lantern oil the ground or other surface on which the base ring 1 rests, (see Fig. 2.)

hen not in use the members 4 and 6 fold down alongside of the main frame, and the latter may be conveniently nested, one within the other, for the purpose of trans portation or storage. The detail construction of the hinge joint between the lower ends of member 4 and top ring 2, as shown in Fig. 4.

Attached to one of the members 3 of the main frame are two loops or rings 10, so disposed as to be in vertical alignment, and thus adapt them for the reception of the stafl of a flag, as shown in Fig. 2.

If desired, in order to prevent damage to the lantern, the main frame may have a screen 12 attached thereto, as shown in Fig. 5, so that missiles and the like cannot directly strike the lantern, while the light therefrom will not be perceptibly diminished. In order to afford still more complete protection a screen may similarly be placed across the top of such main frame, preferably in the form of two sections 13, 13, hingedly attached to the top ring 2 at opposite sides thereof, so that by opening such screen sections outwardly the lantern may be inserted and the sections then closed, sufficient space being left between their juxtaposed edges to permit the handle or bail of the lantern'to extend therethrougl'i.

adapted to receive a lantern, a screen cover for said frame, a V-shaped member pivotally attached to the upper port-ion of said frame and adapted to normally hang against the frame side, said V-member having a loop at its apex, a straight member pivotally attached to said frame opposite said V-memher and normally hanging against said frame, said straight member having a recurved upper end adapted to be sprung into such loop in said V-member to form said two members into a rigid tripod above said frame, a hook attached to said loop and adapted to receive the lantern handle to support the lantern Within said frame but above the bottom thereof. v

2. In a lantern support the combination vof a WIIG frame of truncated conical shape adapted to receive a lantern, a screen cover for said frame, a V-shaped member pivotally attached to the upper portion of said frame and adapted to normally hang against the frame side, said V-member having a loop at its apex, a straight member pivotally attached to said frame opposite said V-memher and normally hanging against said frame, said straight member having a recurred upper end adapted to be sprung into such loop in said V-member to form said two members into a rigid tripod above said frame, a hook attached to said loop and adapted to receive the lantern handle to support the lantern Within said frame but above the bottom thereof, and tWo pivotally mounted cover sections adapted to close the top of said frame.

3. In a lantern support the combination of a Wire frame of truncated conical shape adapted to receive a lantern, a screen cover for said frame, a V-shaped member pivotally attached to the upper portion of said frame and adapted to normally hang against the frame side, said V member having a loop at its apex, a straight member pivotally at tached to said frame opposite said V-memher and normally hanging against said frame, said straight member having are-- curved upper end adapted to be sprung into such loop in said V-inember to form said two members into a rigid tripod above said frame, a hook attached to said loop and adapted to receive the lantern handle to support the lantern Within said frame but above the bottom thereof, and two pivotally mounted cover sections adapted to close the top of said frame. said two sections being spaced apart at their juxtaposed ends to per mit the lantern handle to pass therebetween.

Signed by me, this 28 day of April. 1921.

BUELL WV. NUTT. 

